Friday, July 13, 2007

Yasser Arafat. You may remember him as the former head of the Palestine Liberation Organization; the nemesis of the State of Israel; the terrorist driven out of Jordan by Hussein, then Lebanon by Israel; the drag on the Palestinian people for a generation; and a terrorist actively engaged in killing Americans.

All that is true, and more. He was also the single most frequent official guest hosted in Bill Clinton's White House, where he once made a romantic pass at Terry McAuliffe

He took a wife in his later years to keep up appearances, but died of AIDS he caught the traditional way.

His wife in name if not practice is fighting his political allies to divide up the billions he stole from the people he led.Oh, and he was awarded the Nobel Peace prize.